Introduction: One of the oldest buildings in the hill station of  mussoorie, the Kasmanda Palace was originally a part of the Christ Church complex built in 1836 by Captain Rennie tailour of the bengal engineers. This gleaming white stately mansion built in the anglo-french style served as a sanatorium for the British armed forces and then as a school fore finally becoming the summer retreat of the kasmanda royal family. While it has remained in this family, it is now run as a hritage hotel.

Description: The grandeur and stateliness of this palace is only matched by its spectacular setting. Situated 200 metres uphill from the Mall, it has a magnificent view both of the town of Mussoorie as well as the doon valley and is strategically placed in a sprawling estate of 3 acres of pine forest, terraced gardens and green lawns.Decades of history are unfurled from the grand entry and up the sweeping staircase that lead to the rooms. The rooms are furnished with antique anglo-french style furniture in keeping with the architecture of the edifice.

Facilities: The rooms are spacious, the bathrooms immense, and family portraits, pictures of tiger hunts and old lithographs recall more than a century's worth of the Kasmanda royal family's annals in this immaculate white Palace.The Magnolia Restaurant is named after the favourite tree of the late Rajmata Saheba of Kasmanda. The MagnoliaRestaurant is over looking the gardens and one can see the Magnolia tree and admire the flowers enjoying a meal at the Restaurant. The Magnolia Restaurant served Indian, tandoori, Chinese and selected dished of continental food and regional cuises. On special request, the cooks can also serve selected dishes of Rajasthan.